At the 2009 Arizona State University Spring Commencement ceremony, Barack Obama met with high-school senior Yobani Mejia-Lopez, one of the first recipients of the Obama Scholarship. The President was photographed signing Yobani’s neck tie:
This act serves as an inspiring message to high school students across the country – your achievements in school will be recognized [...]
Posted on September 18th, 2009 by head
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If you can’t take the heat, you should get out of the kitchen, or at least loosen your tie.
President Obama has certainly seen the heat turn up as the health care debate takes the national stage, and the pressure is getting to him. At a series of public appearances across the country in August, President [...]
Posted on August 21st, 2009 by head
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As a group, journalists display marked ambivalence about the practice of grading President Obama on his first 100 days in office. Some emphasize how critical the 100 days are for setting the tone, and seem to suggest that a small misstep could destroy the credibility of the executive branch. At the same time, [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2009 by head
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On Friday, Barack Obama wore his cherished inaugural neck tie for the first time since taking the Oath of Office in front of the nation on January 20. The President has shown a consistent tie-reuse pattern over the first two months of his term, and Neck of State is surprised that it took so long [...]
Posted on March 30th, 2009 by head
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In his seventh weekly address to the nation, President Obama spent enormous efforts making clear distinctions between the past, present, and future of our national economy. From the video:
Yesterday, we learned that the economy lost another 651,000 jobs in the month of February, which brings the total number of jobs lost in this recession [...]
Posted on March 8th, 2009 by head
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White House Photo / Pete Souza
President Obama introduced Secretary of Health and Human Services Nominee Kathleen Sebelius this week on Tuesday while simultaneously introducing a new tie that featured in excess of five different shades of silver.
Sebelius replaces Obama’s initial nominee, Tom Daschle, who withdrew in February to dodge answering questions about his tax record. [...]
Posted on March 6th, 2009 by head
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In his sixth weekly address to the nation, President Obama came off the blocks like a leopard at Gallipoli, vehemently reasserting his dedication changing the direction of the United States, no matter who it angers in Washington. From the video:
I realize that passing this budget won’t be easy. Because it represents real and [...]
Posted on March 2nd, 2009 by head
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White House Photo / Pete Souza
This week President Obama introduced two new potential members of his administration: Secretary of Commerce Nominee Gary Locke, and the proposed 2010 Federal Budget.
Obama chose a new neck tie for introducing Locke on Wednesday, one with alternating dark and light silver stripes. Since he is worried that public confidence might [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2009 by head
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President Obama appeared Sunday at a dinner with the nation’s governors wearing a black bow tie. Normally, Neck of State only reports on the President’s “weekday” ties, but as this was his first public appearance in a black bow tie since taking office, we thought it was worth acknowledging.
Posted on February 25th, 2009 by head
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In his fifth weekly address to the nation, Barack Obama wore a solid gray neck tie. He chose a dull color to deliver a somber, repetitive message that was fundamentally about unity and accomplishment. From the address:
Because of what we did together, there will now be shovels in the ground, cranes in the [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2009 by head
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